Chapter Eighty: Magic Network Reconnection! [Seeking Recommendation Votes]
The reconnection to the magic network was merely a fleeting moment.
Soon, Soren lost his link to the magic network again, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.
At that moment, Soren’s expression grew serious because he had to determine whether that fleeting instant was just him connecting to the magic network or whether everyone had also connected. If it was the former, it meant that the Goddess of Magic was likely hidden in the Earth Elemental Plane; if it was the latter, it meant that the Goddess of Magic had returned for some reason.
Soren teleported back to Modo.
As soon as he returned to Modo, he saw the excited expression on Gloria’s face, so there was no doubt that others had also felt the magic network.
“The Goddess of Magic just reactivated the magic network!”
Gloria was very excited, murmuring, “The Goddess of Magic has not fallen! The reconnection of the magic network means she is still alive; she has only disappeared for some time due to certain reasons!”
The magic network still could not be connected.
However, that brief moment of contact undoubtedly summoned the existence of the Goddess of Magic; she had not truly perished.
This was a significant matter for all spellcasters, especially for those who had lost their spellcasting abilities due to the collapse of the magic network. They would become the most steadfast supporters of the Goddess of Magic because only by restoring the magic network could they regain their powers.
Of course.
These people did not care who the Goddess of Magic was; they only cared about the existence of the Goddess of Magic and the magic network.
As a member of strong divine power, the Goddess of Magic had a remarkable influence in the Material Plane. Besides her serving church, the Goddess of Magic also had a knight order composed of paladins, a small ranger organization, and a bardic community.
The existence of the Goddess of Magic was essential.
Because her divine profession itself was a convenience, the true function of the magic network was not just to allow mortals to cast spells.
Many worlds did not have a magic network. For example, the influence of the Bottomless Abyss magic network was minimal, and the Shadow Magic Network dominated the Underdark, with little covering in other upper and lower planes.
What the Goddess of Magic ultimately possessed was the “Divine Network”!
This was something even Soren could not ignore because only the divine network above the ninth layer of the magic network could help him collect and convert the Divine Power of Faith. The essence of the magic network was to serve the gods, while the Faith Network was the true source of power in many places across the Marginal Multiverse.
Even evil gods could draw upon the capabilities of the Faith Network.
In any case, the reappearance of the magic network would definitely create a huge impact on the Material Plane; organizations serving the Goddess of Magic would inevitably start to take action, and the Lady of the Night would likely follow suit.
At this moment, Soren did not know what the future would hold.
Because the trajectory of the Goddess of Magic’s fate had already been changed by him, Soren had lost foresight regarding matters related to the Goddess of Magic, but he felt no fear at this moment. After all, everything he had achieved so far had come from battling through mountains of corpses and seas of bl**d, ascending to divinity in a desperate fight; Soren was no longer afraid of anything.
He dared to confront fate!
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Everyone was patiently waiting for news.
Approximately on the second day after the magic network had appeared and disappeared, Soren reconnected to the magic network once again, but this time it was not just the mortal network; he had also connected to the divine Faith Network.
In an instant!
The Divine Power of Faith from the entire Modo began to converge, and Soren’s speed of converting and merging divine power was increased by more than twice!
This was the convenience of the Faith Network, which could greatly reduce the energy and time Soren needed to process faith and prayers. The Faith Network lasted for about half an hour, but there was no doubt that everyone sensed its existence. After about half an hour, the magic network disappeared again, and the third appearance would be two days later.
This time, the magic network truly restored!
Mortal spellcasters regained their spellcasting abilities, and the Faith Network was operational again.
However.
The Goddess of Magic had closed all connections to the magic network above the sixteenth layer, meaning even the gods could not access the highest levels of the magic network, and there was no response to any prayers directed at the Goddess of Magic.
She was very weak now.
Even without seeing the Goddess of Magic, Soren could feel this, and presumably, other gods could feel it too.
Because not responding to prayers was a rare situation, it indicated that the Goddess of Magic’s priests still could not use divine techniques; she would absolutely not behave this way unless under dire circumstances.
Three days passed quietly.
Elemental chaos had officially erupted!
The Amazon Tropical Jungle, which was most severely affected overseas, was suffering heavy losses due to the rampant wind and storm elements. Possibly due to the power of the Lord of Storms, a direct connection to the Wind Elemental Plane had appeared in the Amazon Tropical Jungle.
Furious wind elements occasionally stirred up typhoons and tornadoes, directly bringing great losses to the Amazon jungle.
Furthermore, the area near Modo was also greatly affected; the reason was its proximity to the deep sea region, where ships from Modo sometimes caught sight of giant water elementals causing chaos on the sea surface, directly roaming across the water’s surface in a manner reminiscent of rampaging gods.
Fortunately, the floating airships from Modo had become operational, and the areas ravaged by the wind elements were no longer nearby, so the impact was not overly severe.
On the continent, Arendelle suffered significant losses!
The rampaging ice elements began to spread from the nearby Ice and Snow Mountain range, driving out the Ice Trolls, which led to direct attacks from the Ice Trolls on human territories. Once the ecological balance was disrupted, the resultant consequences were a chain reaction; the violent elements directly destroyed the original ecological balance, leading many creatures to migrate to avoid the rampaging elemental beings.
The southwestern region of the continent was a disaster zone.
Because in this area, five volcanoes had erupted consecutively!
With the volcanic eruptions also came swirling flames and furious fire elements filled with rage against other life forms; it was said that the elves in that area were forced to migrate, and even an adult red dragon was expelled by the enraged Fire Elemental Lord.
The elemental chaos was not only affecting ordinary elemental beings.
With the opening of the planar portals, other elemental lords, who had originally been suppressed by the Fire Elemental God, could also potentially appear in the Material Plane.
Their strength was at least above the demigod level!
As if sensing that the Material Plane was still not chaotic enough, a major piece of news quickly spread to many places.
That was the emergence of the “Lady of Misfortune.”
The Destined Twins, the goddess in charge of the “Misfortune” divine profession—Bensaba—recently appeared near the Southern Coast and reportedly brought about a disaster!
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(PS: First update.) (To be continued ~^~)
